Dish scraper



C. A. SCHACHT May l, 1934.

DISH SCRAPER Original Filed Aug. 27. 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISH SCRAPER Clifford A. Schacht, Huntington, Ind.

Original No. 1,898,690, dated February 21, 1933, Serial No. 630,727, August 27, 1932. Application for reissue February 28, 1934, Serial No. 713,426

5 Claims. (Cl. 15-245) This invention is a novel improvement in dish novel combinations of parts, for which protection or sink scrapers and the like such as shown in is desired.

'my U. S. Letters'Patent No. 1,647,751, dated In said drawing;-

November 1, 1927; and the principal object there- 1 is a front view of the scraper partly in of is to provide a scraper molded in one piece section.

having a flexible rubber blade and an integral Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

reinforced hard or non-flexible rubber handle Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3--3 extending partially into the blade, the scraper of Fig. 1.

being particularly adapted for use as a dish Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the-line 4-4, 65, scraper, sink scraper, or the like. Fig. 1.

Heretofore, scrapers have been used having As shown, my novel dish or sink scraper preferflexible rubber blades, but the handles therefor ably comprises a rubber blade 1, thickened as at 1a have been made of metal, wood, or the like, atat its rear portion, said blade being slightly tached to the blade by different methods and wedge-shaped or tapering from the portion adjameans, but such scrapers have been found uncent the handle 2 towards the front edge; and satisfactory and unsanitary in that the handles said blade being substantially semi-circular as eventually become loose, and cut or tear the rubw but may be made in any Other desired ber blade, and moreover it is almost impossible to shape to suit the particular requirement for keep the connection between the handle and the which it is to be used. scraper free from dirt, grease, food, and other Extending from the rear or thickened portion germ carrying mediums. 1a of the blade 1 is an integral non-flexible rub- In my novel scraper, however, the handle and ber handle 2, preferably substantially elliptical blade are molded simultaneously and integrally n Cross-Section as in Fig. 4, but may be square, without necessitating the use of wire or ther oblong, circular or any other desired cross-section. reinforcing or stiffening material in the handle on the Outer end of the handle 2 is a i t ral as in my aforesaid patent, the blade being of Perforated whereby the c ap may be soft rubber and the handle being of hard or semi- Suspended a d, nail, or other support, hard rubber, the blade and handle being vulwhen not u canized together so that the blade will be flexible Handle 2 1S Of hard or emi-hard rubber and and the handle non-flexible. If desired, the han- 1S Vulcamzed a mold together with the soft dle portion may be previously molded of hard or mbber blade 1 m be Preformed by moldsemi-hard rubber before being inserted in the and 15 of m length to extend p t y mold for vulcanization with the soft rubber blade. Into the real thlckened portlon 1a of e soft The hard or semimard rubber handle of the rubber blade 1 to stiffen the rear portion of the q scraper furthermore extends partly into the soft While permlttmg the from edge Conform rubber blade to stiffen the rear portion of the readlly .wlth the Surface Scraped- The hard blade, and prevent the blade from breaking off or semt'hard fQTmmg the handle 2 i of the handle when in use. The cutting edge of g z m a mgld wlth the Soft rubber Whlch 15 the blade readily conforms with the shape or a orm 3 2 P 1 and the handle and curvature of the surface to be scraped, and since b s e g t g whereby the Scraper W111 the hard or semi-hard rubber handle and the soft f g ma y ms ed when taken from the rubber blade are molded in one piece, there are no joints or connections between the handle and Order g blade 1 the deslrfad stlfinesfs the blade wherein dirt grease food etc mi ht e Inner o e hanqle extends mto and 1s 49 g embedded in the rear thickened portion of the 100 lodge. Moreover, no screws, nails, or rivets are blade 1 the portion 2b of the h d1 2 required for attaching the handle to the blade. h an W 10h My scraper can be easily cleaned; and is inexgg gf F i f jgp g Flgs pensive to manufacture, the article being pracg rear 16 ened 50 tically finished when it comes from the mold. ififi fi rfi rl e h ogrggilillbgg 105 I will explain the invention with reference to of t handle is t important providgd t is of the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one ufficient e to stiffen the blade 1 practical embodiment thereof to enable others to My novel dish scraper provides a sanitary one adopt and use the same, and will summarize in piece rubber scraper having an integral hard or 1 the claims the novel features of construction, and semi-hard rubber handle extending partially into the blade, the handle being substantially nonfiexible, and can be readily cleaned; and there are no joints or connections between the handle collect. Moreover, tured at a low cost, since finished when it comes I clairn:

1. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade, and an integral handle of non-flexible rubber.

2. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade, and an integral handle of non-flexible rubber, the handle extending partly into the blade and secured therein.

3. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade the article is practically from the mold.

having a scraping edge, an integral handle of non-flexible rubber extending from the blade at secured therein.

4. A scraper comprising a flexible rubber blade, and an integral handle of rubber, the rubber f. h ndl b in ss fle ible han h of the blade.

of the handle being less flexible than that of the blade.

CLIFFORD A. SCHACHT. 

